South Pier Including Former Barking Oven, Torquay Harbour
SOUTH PIER INCLUDING FORMER BARKING OVEN, TORQUAY HARBOUR
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1202955
- Date first listed:
- 03-May-1994
- List Entry Name:
- South Pier Including Former Barking Oven, Torquay Harbour
- Statutory Address:
- SOUTH PIER INCLUDING FORMER BARKING OVEN, TORQUAY HARBOUR
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1202955
- Date first listed:
- 03-May-1994
- List Entry Name:
- South Pier Including Former Barking Oven, Torquay Harbour
- Statutory Address 1:
- SOUTH PIER INCLUDING FORMER BARKING OVEN, TORQUAY HARBOUR
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SOUTH PIER INCLUDING FORMER BARKING OVEN, TORQUAY HARBOUR
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Torbay (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 91777 63273
Details
TORQUAY
SX9063 (East side) 885-1/17/481 South Pier, Torquay Harbour
GV II
South Pier. Part of the harbour improvements carried out 1803-1806 for Sir Lawrence Palk initially to the designs of Rennie but completed under the direction of Dr Henry Beake, a national authority on financial matters (Pevsner). Local grey limestone rubble. The South Pier projects east from Victoria Parade. HISTORY: Russell quotes from Beake's correspondence with the Palk solicitor, in which he was critical of Rennie's design and work: "badly planned, shamefully executed, with no proper super-intendence and no regard to the expense; but with great possible care to make it as neat as possible to the eye with a useless waste of labour". (Percy Russell: A History of Torquay: Torquay: 1960-: 74-77; The Buildings of England: Cherry B: Devon: London: 1989-: 854).
Listing NGR: SX9177763273
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 390452
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Russell, P, A History of Torquay, (1960), 74-77
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Devon, (1989), 854
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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